Gordon Brown is hoping to win much-needed friends by postponing plans to part-privatise Royal Mail, according to reports. More: continued here
Read More »Beleaguered Brown faces new showdown over Royal Mail plans (Daily Mail)
Beleaguered Brown faces new showdown over Royal Mail plans More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail part-privatisation likely to be delayed (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The part-privatisation of Royal Mail is likely to be delayed on price grounds, the Guardian and Independent said. More: continued here
Read More »UK Government: Intend To Push On With Royal Mail Bill In Parliament (Nasdaq)
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. government intends to continue pushing its bill to modernize Royal Mail through parliament but it remains unclear when it will sell a stake in the state-owned postal service, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s spokesman said Monday. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail sale put on hold (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Gordon Brown appears set to delay the planned part-privatisation of Royal Mail in a bid to appease Labour MPs. More: continued here
Read More »Union warning over Royal Mail sale (Channel 4)
The Government risks losing £1 million a year funding from a major union if it is “foolish and dumb-headed” enough to press ahead with controversial plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail, the Prime Minister has been warned. More: continued here
Read More »Home > News > Royal Mail may shut scheme if … – IPE.com
Home > News > Royal Mail may shut scheme if …IPE.com, UKUK – Royal Mail has warned it may be forced to close its £20bn (€22.98bn) defined benefit (DB) scheme if the government's plans for a part-privatisation of the company fail. The company admitted that while it is not something it …
Read More »Graham Stuart urges constituents to respond to 'North Humberside … – Politics.co.uk
Graham Stuart urges constituents to respond to 'North Humberside …Politics.co.uk, UKGraham wants people to write to Postcomm in response to a public consultation run into the code of practice governing changes to the Postcode Address File (PAF) – Royal Mail's list of the postal addresses of all 27 million households in …
Read More »A new people's bank – guardian.co.uk
A new people's bankguardian.co.uk, UKMany of us in the parliamentary Labour party have been fighting to stop Royal Mail being part-privatised and now, finally, we hope that the government has listened. We want the postal services bill to be put into the long grass, and we want the … More: continued …
Read More »Showcase For Vintage Mail Vehicles – Crewe and Nantwich Guardian
Showcase For Vintage Mail VehiclesCrewe and Nantwich Guardian, UKAndy Kettle, Royal Mail distribution manager in Crewe and a volunteer at the Heritage Centre, said: “The weekend has been organised to showcase some of the magnificent vehicles used to transport mail over the years and the 80 million items of mail that …
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